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Originally Posted by 908/930
I have done this many times using 1 1/2 pipe 8' long, I usually would tie it so that it rests higher up from the ground away from the bulge of the tire, position it so the majority of the pipe is to the rear and measure then pull the pipe towards the front and measure, being further out will give greater accuracy and pipe is easy to check if it is straight by rolling against the other one.
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I did this. Two pieces of 1/2" electrical conduit and some plastic bracket thingies and some fasteners. I was able to fasten the conduit to the rear and front of the car. Then I stretched two strings between them, one on each side of the car, which I could use for measuring distances from the wheel rim. I even have an old fashioned camber measuring tool using bubbles.
I put weights in the driver's seat. Actually, old used brake disks. Then I did something REALLY clever. I went to Home Depot and got some rigid floor tiles. Not ceramic but some kind of plastic. About a foot square. 1/4" thick. I stacked them up to make all four level, and I placed some grease in between them. The car rested on four greased stacks of rigid tiles.
But I've also re-roofed a house and garage using nails and a roofer's hammer which involved 32 squares of shingles including removing some skip-sheeting to address a structural problem and then re-sheeted the entire thing. And I excavated the crawl space on my belly with a LONG screwdriver and a sheet metal pan.
That was when i had more time than money. Today, time is what I run short of. My cars go to an alignment rack. The 911 is properly aligned and corner-balanced.